Lincoln's most controversial Cabinet member, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, is the subject of this justly deserved, excellent new biography. Walter Stahr provides a comprehensive portrait of the Ohio-bom lawyer-turned-politician, crediting him the central role he played "in winning the central war in American history"-as well as in ending it (see "All or Nothin'," P. 18). Stanton, who served as attorney general in the waning days of James Buchanan's presidency, replaced Lincoln's first secretary of war, Simon Cameron, in 1862. When Lincoln was assassinated, Stanton helped mobilize the government to find and prosecute the conspirators. After the conflict, he remained in President Andrew Johnson's Cabinet but was eventually dismissed. Stanton's disagreements with Johnson over Reconstruction led to the president's impeachment.
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机译：林肯最有争议的内阁成员，战争大臣埃德温·斯坦顿（Edwin M. Stanton），是这本当之无愧的优秀新传记的主题。沃尔特·斯塔尔（Walter Stahr）提供了由俄亥俄州庞姆律师转变为政客的全面画像，称赞他在“赢得美国历史上的中央战争”以及结束战争中所发挥的核心作用（请参阅“全部或全部”）。第18页）。在詹姆斯·布坎南（James Buchanan）担任总统期间，司法部长斯坦顿（Stanton）于1862年接替林肯的第一任战争大臣西蒙·卡梅伦（Simon Cameron）。林肯被暗杀时，斯坦顿帮助动员政府寻找并起诉了阴谋者。冲突后，他留在安德鲁·约翰逊总统的内阁中，但最终被解雇。斯坦顿与约翰逊在重建问题上的分歧导致总统被弹each。
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